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Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 19:49:07 -0700
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c compile bug
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On Sun, 30 May 2010 19:34:35 -0700
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Does it even make sense to build hpet_example on s390?
> I.e., does s390 have hpet?
> If not, then a simple Kconfig "depends on X86" or "depends on !S390"
> will fix this.

HPET is very PC specific.

but.. even on x86, it does not really make sense, and exposing this as
an interface to userspace is a historical mistake, the use of which we
really ought to discourage.